Dictionary
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license" "it was a process of trial and error" (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity an operation that affects mental contents "the process of thinking" "the cognitive operation of remembering" a writ issued by authority of law usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant a mental process that you are not directly aware of "the process of denial" a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant "a bony process" a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states "events now in process" "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition "process cheese" "process hair" "treat the water so it can be drunk" "treat the lawn with chemicals" "treat an oil spill" deal with in a routine way "I'll handle that one" "process a loan" "process the applicants" perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech" institute legal proceedings against file a suit against "He was warned that the district attorney would process him" "She actioned the company for discrimination" march in a procession "They processed into the dining room" shape, form, or improve a material "work stone into tools" "process iron" "work the metal" deliver a warrant or summons to someone "He was processed by the sheriff"
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Wikipedia
In computing, a process is a running instance of a program, including all variables and other state. A multitasking operating system switches between processes to give the appearance of simultaneous execution, though in fact only one process can be executing at once per CPU core.A process always corresponds to a program, and a program can have multiple processes corresponding to it. In other words, the relation between process and program is many-to-one.Roughly speaking, a process is a task being run by a computer, often simultaneously with many other tasks. Many processes may exist simultaneously, each taking turns on a Central processing unitCPU.Processes are often called ''tasks'' in embedded systemembedded operating systems. The sense of 'process' is 'something that takes up time', as opposed to 'memory', which is 'something that takes up space'.The above description applies to both processes managed by an operating system, and processes as defined by process calculi.In the former case, the operating system keeps processes separated and allocates the resources they need so that they are less likely to interfere with each other and cause system failures.The operating system may also provide mechanisms for inter-process communication to enable processes to interact in safe and predictable ways.In general, an operating system process consists of: Memory, (typically a region of virtual memory for suspended processes) which contains executable code or task-specific data. Operating system resources that are allocated to the process, such as Computer filefile descriptors (Unix terminology) or handles (Windows). Computer securitySecurity attributes, such as the process owner and the process's set of permissions. Processor state (context), such as the content of processor registerregisters, physical memory addressing, etc. The state is stored in the actual registers when the process is executing, and in memory otherwise.The last item, the processor state, is associated with each of the process's Thread (computer science)threads in operating systems that support threads.At this level of programming, the registers are the lowest-level resource, and the program values must be loaded from memory into the registers, which are first re-set, and then loaded. These steps occur at the clock rate of the CPU and depend on the processor architecture. If a task is suspended, then it is eligible for swapping to disk, similarly to residence in virtual memory, where blocks of memory values are really on disk and not in physical memory. The block sizes depend on the operating system.
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Websites
Business Process Management & Improvement and Education-Instruction-Learning
Consulting and training on Business Process management & Improvement (BPM/BPI), Total Quality Management, ISO9001 and also on Learning Theories, Instructional Design, Integrating technology to instruction and learning, Brain-Based Learning, Program development and evaluation, learning and cognitive styles
http://www.filizeyuboglu.com/
software for quality in design (product, process), and risk assessment
software editor specialised in risk management : fmea, iso 14000, job safety,fault tree
http://www.tdc.fr/
The Grant Chronicles
Astrophysics Alternate explanations
http://www.grantchronicles.com/
Marketing Education for the Average Exec
How to do it, by people who have done it. eBook titles include Brighter Names, Spreadsheet Marketing, Brighter Branding, and Dear Boss, Sincerely Your Marketing Manager
http://www.fodenpress.com
STAR Radio
STAR Radio is a process based artwork by Jennie Savage which explores the STAR areas of Cardiff as a psycho- topography. The website is an archive of sound recorded over 6 months by Jennie Savage and STAR Residents. This sound was then transmitted back to the area during October 2005. It was also shown at the National Museum and Galleries of Wales as a sound archive.
http://starradio.org.uk/
Process Software
IP management and online service software.
http://www.process.com/
American Chemical Society Publications
Publishes products and services for the practice and advancement of the chemical sciences.
http://pubs.acs.org/
The Center for Process Studies
The Center for Process Studies was founded in 1973 to encourage exploration of the relevance of process thought, which is based on the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne, to many fields of reflection and action.
http://www.ctr4process.org/
United States House of Representatives
Information on the lower body of the federal legislature: about the legislative process, this week's House calendar, committee schedules, roll call vote records, and links to House committees and individual members of Congress.
http://www.house.gov/
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